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Re: [Qemu-devel] [QAPI+QGA 3/3] QEMU Guest Agent (virtagent) v6
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Luiz Capitulino |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] [QAPI+QGA 3/3] QEMU Guest Agent (virtagent) v6 |
Date: |
Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:55:39 -0300 |
On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:53:51 +0800
Zhi Yong Wu <address@hidden> wrote:
> HI, Michael,
>
> On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Michael Roth <address@hidden> wrote:
> > This is Set 3/3 of the QAPI+QGA patchsets.
> >
> > These patches apply on top of qapi-backport-set2-v5, and can also be
> > obtained from:
> > git://repo.or.cz/qemu/mdroth.git qapi-backport-set3-v6
> >
> > (Set1+2 are a backport of some of the QAPI-related work from Anthony's
> > glib tree. The main goal is to get the basic code generation infrastructure
> > in
> > place so that it can be used by the guest agent to implement a QMP-like
> > guest
> > interface, and so that future work regarding the QMP conversion to QAPI can
> > be
> > decoupled from the infrastructure bits. Set3 is the Qemu Guest Agent
> > (virtagent), rebased on the new code QAPI code generation infrastructure.
> > This
> > is the first user of QAPI, QMP will follow.)
> > ___
> >
> > CHANGES SINCE V5:
> > - switched to using qemu malloc/list functions where possible
> > - removed unused proxy_path field in struct GAState
> > - pid file now opened write-only, removed lockf() in favor of O_EXCL,
> > added SIGINT/SIGTERM signal handlers to handle cleanup
> > - cleaned up error-handling, switched to asserts where appropriate,
> > removed unecessary gotos and NULL checks for qemu_free()/qobject_decref()
> > - refactored send_payload() using helper functions
> > - fixed improper handling of pidfile fd==0
> > - changed guest-shutdown's "shutdown_mode" param to "mode"
> > - switched to using kernel-generated FDs for guest-file-open rather than
> > an autoincrement value
> > - add maximum chunk size of guest-file-read/guest-file-write
> > - added checks to avoid guest-file-write from writing data beyond the
> > provided data buffer
> > - made logging best-effort, removed handling of failures to log as errors
> > - guest-shutdown exec errors now logged to guest syslog, clarified
> > shutdown's asynchronous, no gauruntee nature in schema.
> >
> > CHANGES SINCE V4:
> > - Removed timeout mechanism via worker thread/pthread_cancel due to
> > potential memory leak. Will re-introduce guest-side timeout support in
> > future version.
> > - Fixed up fsfreeze code to use enums specified within the guest agent's
> > qapi schema.
> > - Fixed memory leak due to a log statement, and added missing cleanup
> > functions for heap-allocated g_error objects.
> > - Made "mode" param to guest-file-open optional, defaults to "r"
> > (read-only)
> >
> > CHANGES SINCE V3:
> > - Fixed error-handling issues in fsfreeze commands leading to certain
> > mounted directories causing freeze/thaw operations to fail
> > - Added cleanup hook to thaw filesystems on graceful guest agent exit
> > - Removed unused enum values and added additional details to schema
> > documentation
> > - Fixed build issue that was missed due to deprecated files in source
> > tree, removed unused includes
> >
> > CHANGES SINCE V2:
> > - Rebased on new QAPI code generation framework
> > - Dropped ability for QMP to act as a proxy for the guest agent, will be
> > added when new QMP server is backported from Anthony's glib tree
> > - Replaced negotiation/control events with a simple 2-way handshake
> > implemented by a standard RPC (guest-sync)
> > - Removed enforcement of "pristine" sessions, state is now
> > global/persistant across multiple clients/connections
> > - Fixed segfault in logging code
> > - Added Jes' filesystem freeze patches
> > - General cleanups
> >
> > CHANGES SINCE V1:
> > - Added guest agent worker thread to execute RPCs in the guest. With this
> > in place we have a reliable timeout mechanism for hung commands, currently
> > set at 30 seconds.
> > - Add framework for registering init/cleanup routines for stateful RPCs to
> > clean up after themselves after a timeout.
> > - Added the following RPCs: guest-file-{open,close,read,write,seek},
> > guest-shutdown, guest-info, and removed stubs for guest-view-file (now
> > deprecated)
> > - Added GUEST_AGENT_UP/GUEST_AGENT_DOWN QMP events
> > - Switched to a TCP-style host-initiated 3-way handshake for channel
> > negotiation, this simplifies client negotiation/interaction over the wire
> > - Added configurable log level/log file/pid file options for guest agent
> > - Various fixes for bugs/memory leaks and checkpatch.pl fixups
> >
> > ISSUES/TODOS:
> > - Add unit tests for guest agent wire protocol
> >
> > OVERVIEW
> >
> > For a better overview of what these patches are meant to accomplish, please
> > reference the RFC for virtagent:
> >
> > http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.qemu/96096
> >
> > These patches integrate the previous virtagent guest agent work directly in
> > QAPI/QMP to leverage it's auto-generated marshalling code. This has
> > numerous benefits:
> >
> > - addresses previous concerns over relying on external libraries to handle
> > data encapsulation
> > - reduces the need for manual unmarshalling of requests/responses, which
> > makes adding new RPCs much safer/less error-prone, as well as cutting down
> > on redundant code
> > - QAPI documentation aligns completely with guest-side RPC implementation
> > - is Just Better (TM)
> >
> > BUILD/USAGE
> >
> > build:
> > ./configure --target-list=x86_64-softmmu
> > make
> > make qemu-ga #should be built on|for target guest
> >
> > start guest:
> > qemu \
> > -drive file=/home/mdroth/vm/rhel6_64_base.raw,snapshot=off,if=virtio \
> > -net nic,model=virtio,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:00 \
> > -net tap,script=/etc/qemu-ifup \
> > -vnc :1 -m 1024 --enable-kvm \
> > -chardev socket,path=/tmp/qga.sock,server,nowait,id=qga \
> > -device virtio-serial \
> > -device virtserialport,chardev=qga,name=qga"
> >
> > use guest agent:
> > ./qemu-ga -h
> > ./qemu-ga -c virtio-serial -p /dev/virtio-ports/qga
> Is the above command "./qemu-ga" issued on guest teminal or hypervisor
> teminal?
In the guest.
>
> >
> > start/use qmp:
> > address@hidden:~$ sudo socat unix-connect:/tmp/qga.sock readline
> > {"execute":"guest-sync", "arguments":{"id":1234}}
> > {"return": 1234}
> >
> > {"execute":"guest-info"}
> > {"return": {}}
> >
> > {"execute": "guest-info"}
> > {"return": {"version": "1.0"}}
> >
> > {"execute":"guest-file-open",
> > "arguments":{"filepath":"/tmp/testqga","mode":"w+"}}
> > {"return": 0}
> > {"execute":"guest-file-write",
> > "arguments":{"filehandle":0,"data_b64":"aGVsbG8gd29ybGQhCg==","count":13}}
> > // writes "hello world!\n"
> > {"return": {"count": 13, "eof": false}}
> >
> > {"execute":"guest-file-open",
> > "arguments":{"filepath":"/tmp/testqga","mode":"r"}}
> > {"return": 1}
> > {"execute":"guest-file-read", "arguments":{"filehandle":1,"count":1024}}
> > {"return": {"buf": "aGVsbG8gd29ybGQhCg==", "count": 13, "eof": true}}
> > {"execute":"guest-file-close","arguments":{"filehandle":1}}
> > {"return": {}}
> >
> > Makefile | 22 +-
> > configure | 1 +
> > qapi-schema-guest.json | 202 +++++++++++++
> > qemu-ga.c | 631
> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > qerror.c | 4 +
> > qerror.h | 3 +
> > qga/guest-agent-command-state.c | 73 +++++
> > qga/guest-agent-commands.c | 522 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > qga/guest-agent-core.h | 30 ++
> > 9 files changed, 1483 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> >
> >
> >
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 4/4] guest agent: add guest agent RPCs/commands, (continued)
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 4/4] guest agent: add guest agent RPCs/commands, Luiz Capitulino, 2011/07/08
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 4/4] guest agent: add guest agent RPCs/commands, Michael Roth, 2011/07/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 4/4] guest agent: add guest agent RPCs/commands, Luiz Capitulino, 2011/07/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 4/4] guest agent: add guest agent RPCs/commands, Michael Roth, 2011/07/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 4/4] guest agent: add guest agent RPCs/commands, Luiz Capitulino, 2011/07/12
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 4/4] guest agent: add guest agent RPCs/commands, Michael Roth, 2011/07/12
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 4/4] guest agent: add guest agent RPCs/commands, Luiz Capitulino, 2011/07/12
Re: [Qemu-devel] [QAPI+QGA 3/3] QEMU Guest Agent (virtagent) v6, Daniel P. Berrange, 2011/07/13
Re: [Qemu-devel] [QAPI+QGA 3/3] QEMU Guest Agent (virtagent) v6, Zhi Yong Wu, 2011/07/13
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [QAPI+QGA 3/3] QEMU Guest Agent (virtagent) v6,
Luiz Capitulino <=